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re: NBA to adopt "relegation zone" to prevent tanking. 3 worst records lower lottery odds.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 1:30 pm to sgallo3
Posted on 4/29/26 at 1:30 pm to sgallo3
The lottery makes it harder for bad teams to get better. Without a guaranteed top pick the year your bad team have had to be bad for years at a time.
now there is a tanking problem and the NBA’s solution it to make it even harder for bad teams to get better.
now there is a tanking problem and the NBA’s solution it to make it even harder for bad teams to get better.
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Posted on 4/29/26 at 1:51 pm to chalmetteowl
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It should be, they get worse odds to be #1, and #2, but they get essentially locked into #3, #4, and #5 since they still need good talent And it creates an incentive to lose if you’re like the Pelicans and don’t have your pick
IIRC, part of the changes is that they aren’t just drawing for slots 1-4 anymore but all slots from 1-16.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 1:57 pm to TheWalrus
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It still doesn’t address the root cause of teams sucking. Yeah it might incentivize teams to not be the worst in the league, but you are much better off getting 3 lottery balls than being the Suns fed to the OKC wolves. You’ll just see lower tier playoff teams try fall out.
The 8 seed Orlando is up 3-1 on a 60-win Detroit team.
Even the 8/1 and 7/2 first-round series are winnable by the underdog.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:10 pm to Madking
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Wonder why other leagues don’t have this problem
Elite individuals are more valuable in the NBA
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:12 pm to sgallo3
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This is a bad take because least talent and worst record were not aligning
So now this rule is attempting to make them align
thus proving my take correct
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:13 pm to sgallo3
How about this. The teams that do not make the playoffs. Go into a losers playoff. They play for draft seeding. Winner gets #1 so on and so forth. That would stop tanking.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:13 pm to SlowFlowPro
So providing the best chance at getting one to the worst teams is the best way to elevate those teams.
Posted on 4/29/26 at 2:16 pm to sgallo3
Get rid of the lottery.
Get rid of max contracts and all of the cap shenanigans and lux tax and everything else
Hard salary cap
The end
Get rid of max contracts and all of the cap shenanigans and lux tax and everything else
Hard salary cap
The end
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